Few questions about animal skinning

[Sonny Fontaine]

1. How to make sure that I always get best quality pelts in game? Cause I tried doing everything and just on some random occasions I manage to get perfect quality pelts. Like I said tried everything, for example deer: tried shooting it in torso, in head, with revolver, sniper rifle (springfield rifle), with a bow, still quality of pelts very random. Sometimes I'm getting good, sometimes poor and just rarely perfect quality.
How to make sure that I get perfect all time or at least almost all time? I'm just recently started chapter 3 so maybe later in game I will get some talismans or smth like that?

2. “You cannot harvest all this animals parts, as you have no space to stow them. Open your satchel and make space" - that's the message I get in game after I skin most animals, whether it is rabbit or raccoon, deer or an elk, doesn't matter. How to make that space and what specific parts do I miss out here?

Thx for all the help you can give me.

[White Knight]

Your browser can take you to dozens of helpful videos and guides.

This is what I know from playing single player, hope it's helpful?

The first thing is observation. Use your binoculars or a scope to study animals, then read up in the Compendium about which weapons work best for each one.

I find that bows and small game arrows work best for the smallest creatures, Varmint rifle for medium-sized ones, and my Bolt Action Rifle for the rest. The ammo you use matters too, so split-point, explosive, etc. won't help you get good pelts.

The trick is identifying a 3-star animal that you want to skin. Locate it, take it down with a head-shot, collect the perfect pelt. Although there should be other ways to get a perfect kill (like the heart for example), I rely upon head-shots since they are reliable.

As for your satchel, that can be expanded through Preston and camp upgrades, etc. You start out with a small satchel that has very little room. You end up with a magical bag of holding. To make space you could dump things you don't want/need, or you could sell off stuff you don't want, and then there's always using that stuff yourself.

[Ahroovi]

Don't need the compendium. .Assuming you are hunting stealthily, hit the info button (RB on Xbox controller) Once you have identified the animal, it tells you the weapon and ammo you need if applicable for a clean kill.

[wherever i go]

so if you aim at an animal, (you might have to study it in singleplayer) next to the name you will see either 1, 2 or 3 stars. you will also see the option to read a short description of the animal. skinning a 3 star carcass produces a perfect pelt, 2 star is good, and 1 star is poor. shooting a 3 star animal with the recommended weapon in the animals description with a clean kill will yield a 3 star carcass. if you use the wrong type of gun you will damage the 3 star animal to a 1 or 2 star carcass. if you shoot it more than once you will damage the carcass.

in general: if the pelt/animal fits in your pouch use a varmint rifle. if the animal can fit on the back of your horse use a bow/rifle (not a repeater). anything too big to carry use exclusively a high damage bolt rifle.

[Ahroovi]

引用自 Zoo Wee Bama：

so if you aim at an animal, (you might have to study it in singleplayer) next to the name you will see either 1, 2 or 3 stars. you will also see the option to read a short description of the animal. skinning a 3 star carcass produces a perfect pelt, 2 star is good, and 1 star is poor. shooting a 3 star animal with the recommended weapon in the animals description with a clean kill will yield a 3 star carcass. if you use the wrong type of gun you will damage the 3 star animal to a 1 or 2 star carcass. if you shoot it more than once you will damage the carcass.

in general: if the pelt/animal fits in your pouch use a varmint rifle. if the animal can fit on the back of your horse use a bow/rifle (not a repeater). anything too big to carry use exclusively a high damage bolt rifle.

Things like coyotes and foxes take repeater shots. It really just depends on the animal. Rabbits take varmint rifles but smaller take small game arrow. Wolves take poison arrow weirdly. Some things like ducks and turkey take varmint rifle, despite there being a shotgun in the game...
Some of the things don't make sense really.

[JHarlequin]

In the online portion it is more clear, but both online and story pretty much give you the chance to figure it out if you can focus on the animal.

Like people said, first step is figuring out the weapon and ammo. Second is finding the high quality animal. Third step is making sure to make an effective shot.

A single fatal shot with the correct weapon and ammo in the correct spot will get an undamaged pelt from the creature. If the creature is of the highest quality then you will get a perfect pelt.

[Mr.Softy]

If you spend a couple of hours hunting in chapter 2, like I did, you can craft the legendary satchel.
It's the ultimate manpurse, because it can store 99 of each item.
No more storage trouble ever again.

[JACKSin]

It sounds like you don't get that animals are 1-3 star rated before you shoot them and only a 3 star animal gets you the 3 star pelt? That Springfield is fine for deer. Find a 3 star deer and use that rifle to shoot it somewhere in the front half and you should get a 3 star pelt.

[clif9710]

I've had good luck with the bow. I use it on everything with the exception of the largest animals (deer elk, bears that cannot be brought down with one arrow). Patience is rewarded. You can get quite close to your quarry if you take lots of time creeping up to it. Then you can easily get a good head shot and take no star loss with the kill.

A curiosity - though I haven't tested this enough to be sure it always holds, I'm finding that human NPC's are often killed with a single arrow.